Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

Stories & Photos From Lock Haven, Clinton County Pennsylvania

The Panthers Of Clinton County

When the Lock Haven Bridge Was A Covered Bridge

The Chinese Statue in Lock Haven

Isaac A. Packer Farm, Lime Kiln, Legislative Route 18011, 2.4 miles northwest of Jay Street Bridge (Farrandsville Road), Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA

The Lock Haven Time Capsule

To Be Opened 9/1/2-32

Lock Haven Sesquicentennial Inc

President Truman passed through Lock Haven in 1952

The Train next made an unplanned five minute stop at Lock Haven.  A predominantly Republican area, Truman chose not to leave the privacy of his car.

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Henry Shoemaker is buried in Lock Haven Pa

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From the Map of Clinton County Pa

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The city of Lock Haven is the county seat of Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and Bald Eagle Creek, it is the principal city of the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, micropolitan statistical area, itself part of the Williamsport–Lock Haven combined statistical area. At the 2010 census, Lock Haven's population was 9,772.

Built on a site long favored by pre-European peoples, Lock Haven began in 1833 as a timber town and a haven for loggers, boatmen, and other travelers on the river or the West Branch Canal. Resource extraction and efficient transportation financed much of the city's growth through the end of the 19th century. In the 20th century, a light-aircraft factory, a college, and a paper mill, along with many smaller enterprises, drove the economy. Frequent floods, especially in 1972, damaged local industry and led to a high rate of unemployment in the 1980s.

The city has three sites on the National Register of Historic Places—Memorial Park Site, a significant pre-European archaeological find; Heisey House, a Victorian-era museum; and Water Street District, an area with a mix of 19th- and 20th-century architecture. A levee, completed in 1995, protects the city from further flooding. While industry remains important to the city, about a third of Lock Haven's workforce is employed in education, health care, or social services.